Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-13
NO MORE FREE PASSES
DEADHEADS TO BE CUT OFF
AFTER MARCH 81.

Railway Employees, General officers and
Holders of ANIMALS Alone Excepted
Clergymen to be Allowed Reduced
Rates But All Others viii Have TO
, Fay Full Fare.
The Central railroad and the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway will stop
issuing all free passes on the last day OF
this month until further orders from the
heads OF the companies. Trip passes
that are issued now are MADE out 'good
only until March 81" The ancient GUS
tom of chalking hats from savan-
nah to New York or Chicago
and return will cease. Mighty
Senators and Congressman will have to
draw out their purses after April /, I'M
less they hold ANIMALS, and the ANIMALS
will expire with the year.
Many are the letters of inquiry that the
companies are receiving daily about the
effect of the interstate commerce bill on
passes. The deadheads grasp at the
smallest straws. Bishops, presiding
elders and regularly ordained clergymen
can travel at reduced rates, but their
wives will have to pay just the same as
the unortnodox sinner ciJzen.
THE CHOSEN FEW.
Railway presidents, general officers
and employees can be granted free rides
over their own road, and the principal
officers of roads can exchange passes.
Their wives and children, though, will
have TO pay full fare tickets over toeir
husbands and fathers lines. Temper
ance lecturers and tract distributors were
let out of the chosen few. Marshais,
deputy marshas, sherlffs, judges, LAW
yers and the scores OF others who hold
ANIMALS are all right for the remaining
nine months OF tue year, so far
as their ANIMALS are concerned, but
the trip passes Will be shut down on in
} just nineteen days from date. The mer-
chants who ship carloads of freight every
week, the factors who control shipments
OF cotton and naval stores, the great
shippers OF cattle, of horses OF groceries,
of oils, of iron. and OF lumber, will nave
10 be refused when they request trip
pass.
NOT ON THE FREE LIST.
All of the following will have to pay
full fare: Theatrical companies, base bali
players, bicyclists, theatrical advance
agents, students, laborers, lumbermen,
Indians, United States officers and
soldiers, or their families, inmates or ma
tional homes OF disabled volunteer SOL
diers, city police, members of the press
(as courtesies) J, hotel employees. freight
shippers, charity cases, dumb or blind
people and temperance workers.
The interstate bill prohibits the pooling
OF passenger earnings and the charging
or accepting greater or less cOmpens a-
ti0n han the rates as established and
published. 1t only inferentialiy permits
giving reduced rates to ministers OF re-
ligion, but clearly torbids reduced rates
or tree transportation to any other class.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
The law interentially permits first, Sec
ond and third (emigrant) classes of pas
sengers, il the accommodations are as
varied as the classes. Children under s
years OF age, accompanied by parents or
guardians. may be carried free; children
OF 8 or under II years OF age may be car
ried at hali-fare. 1t Interentially permits
special additional charges for speciaI
trains or other unusual service, a varia-
ton of charges based upon restricted
availability of the ticket, and the issuance
OF mileage, excursion or accommodation
passenger tickets, but does not permit a
discrim nation in favor OF any person. For
example, rates made in favor of any Or
ganized body, religious, secular, secret,
etc. must be contemporaueously aVaila-
bic TO any person. 1t f0rbIds
any undue or unreasonable prefer
ences to any person or company, 1rm,
corporation or locality, and greater COM
over the same line and in the same direc.
ton.
DRUMAfERS WILL HAVE TO PAY UP.
Commercial travellers ana tourists for
Measure Will have TO pay up. Even
President Cleveland Will be charged the
full fare unless the railroad companies
fnd some way to get around the bill.
= Some of the deadheads may offer their
services to the companies in order to
come under the emplOye class, but
judges, Legislators ana Congressman can
scarcely get on the favored list In that
way. Special rates may BE- given under
certain circumstances, but the privilege
will nave TO be open 20 all, as, for iu-
stance, cheap rate to a military prize
drill. The whole public will ENJOY the
same rate that is given the soldiers In
uniform.
Congressman Reagan and Cullom, who
are considered authorities on the bill, say
that it does not prohibit the railroads
giving passes to any one TOR use between
points in single state. . hers think
differently, and the railroad officials
determined To be on the sale side, will not
issue any more free passes, so they say,
until the Commissioners make soma rul.
Ing on the point. According to Senator
elect Reagan, there 10 nothing in the bill
forbdding the Central issuing trip pass
from Savannah IT, Atlanta, or the Savan-
nah. Florida and Western giving one 10
anybody from Savannah to Folkstou, but
1t would be violation Of the law to issue
pass from Folkston to Jacksonville.
The railroad companies pro pose to shut
of tue deadheads for little while at any
rate.
GENERAL EAihW ~ NEWS.